Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
A tourist boat, carrying more than 70 passengers, capsized at 15:00 in the afternoon of Saturday 5 March in the high sea off Thailand’s southern resort province of Phuket. Police …
Likely no Nordic Tourists on Boat Capsized off Phuket Read MoreA memorial service will be held for relatives of Danish Tsunami victims in Thailand on Saturday 16 April on the beach of Khao Lak with the participation of Danish Prime …
Danish Tsunami Memorial Service 16 April in Khao Lak Read MoreLeo Alexandersen was elected new President of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce at the Annual General Meeting of the Chamber Thursday evening, March 3, 2005. Mr. Alexandersen replaces President …
New President of Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce Read MoreHerdis Pedersen can literally look back at an eventful first year in the role as Secretary of the Committee for the Danish Business Association of Singapore (DABS). With numerous, successfully …
Completing the Dream Puzzle in Singapore Read MoreThree trained police dogs are currently on the trip of a lifetime, as they have now put the soil of another continent under their noses. Together with their handlers, they …
One Last Attempt to Find Missing Danes Read MoreIn early February, the President and CEO of SAS, Jørgen Lindegaard, took the time to join the three Scandinavian Chambers of Commerce in Thailand for a function in downtown Bangkok. …
SAS will be Adding Flights to Asia Read MoreWhat are they doing at the Embassy of Denmark? With that question attached to their invitation, a team from the embassy arrived at the Admiral’s Restaurant & Pub in downtown …
The Danish Embassy Brought in the Crowd Read MorePolice in Sweden is investigating fraud charges from Swedish tourists against a Danish man based in Thailand. Early 2003 the Swedish tourists paid SEK 7,500.00 per person to a travel …
Swedish tourists file police report against Danish swindler Read MoreFrom March 31 to April 12, a couple of representatives from Jyske Bank’s Swiss department will be meeting with new and existing clients in Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Intending to …
Jyske Bank will be visiting Southeast Asia again Read MoreThe Air Division of DISA has with effect from January 1st, 2005 been sold to A/S Dantherm Holding. The DISA group is owned by Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S, a company …
DISA’s Air Division sold to Dantherm Read MoreThe DTCC cycling team participating in week 3 of this year’s charity bicycle ride Tour de Thailand arrived as planned in Chumporn in the afternoon of Saturday 11 December, having …
DTCC Cycling Team on Tour de Thailand Read MoreNot a single Dane in need of assistance among the more than one hundred Danish victims of the tsunami catastrophe, who were evacuated to Bangkok, are likely to have slipped …
Failure was not an option.. Read MoreOn 1 December 2004, Members of Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce as well as the other Chambers at the “Nordic House” celebrated jointly the housewarming of the new office on Phayathai …
Successful Housewarming at Chamber office Read MoreHis Excellency Mr. Chaisiri Anamarn arrived Denmark on January 25 to take up his new posting as Ambassador of Thailand to Denmark. “It is good to be back in Europe …
Thai Ambassador takes up posting in Copenhagen Read MoreEffective 1st January 2005 Ole Jorgensen takes over the position of Managing Director for SKF (Thailand) Ltd. He replaces David Bishop who has headed the company for the last 5 …
Ole Jorgensen new SKF M.D. Read MoreThe website of the Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce www.dancham.or.th has been redesigned and boosted with a lot of features previously not available. The most noticeable development is the color …
New look on www.dancham.or.th Read MoreStarting the 1st of December the Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce was reinforced with a new Chamber secretary Khun Jidarad Taveepunsup (Helen). Helen holds a BA in International Business from …
New DTCC Secretary Read MoreAt the monthly networking on February 17, 2005 at 18:30 at the Admiral Pub & Restaurant, the Royal Danish Embassy will give a presentation on the different activities of the …
Networking with the Danish Embassy Read MoreScandinavian Airlines International, the long haul operator of SAS, carries about 1.6 million passengers a year using 11 Airbus 330 and 340 aircraft. The possibility to use the SAS Net …
Internet on Scandinavian Airlines flights Read MoreThis years Christmas Lunch had no less than 104 people signed up. Needless to say, there was nothing in the way for a great day with all the traditional Danish …
A Merry Merry Christmas Lunch Read MoreDespite a relatively small population of some twenty five million inhabitants, Scandinavia and Finland represent some of the strongest buying power in the world. This is due not only to …
Airfreight the Scandinavian Way Read MoreFollowing last years successful launch of Danish-Thai Alumni the Danish-Thai Chamber is now preparing for the second step and will also this year be sponsored by EAC Thailand. On 22 …
Danish-Thai Alumni reception 22 March Read MoreThe Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual General Meeting on 3 March 2005. Again this year, the Royal Danish Embassy has kindly offered to host the meeting. …
Annual General Meeting of DTCC Read MoreThe Danish disaster office in Phuket is to become a new Danish General Consulate. The disaster office setup in Phuket by the Danish Embassy is now to become General Consulate, …
New Danish Consulate at Phuket Read MoreFor Wijittra Keawsamor the time as an exchange student in Denmark has proven to be the first step on her career track. In 1996 Wijittra went on a one year …
Thai Alumni going back to Denmark Read MoreAt the Breakfast meeting on the 9th of November Kenneth Sanden from Eurocenter held a presentation on the many topics that can become relevant for people traveling and living abroad. …
Interesting Euro-Center presentation Read MoreThree students at Aalborg University in northern Jutland have invented a groundbreaking security system which can prevent computer viruses from infecting mobile phones. The system, Umbrella, ensures that no unknown …
Danish students invent the system for mobile phones Read MoreLa Luna Gallery in Chiang Mai is organizing a major art-exhibition called “Fairytales and Folktales”. It will open on April 2, 2005, and thus the occasion will at the same …
Chiang Mai Gallery celebrates H.C. Andersen Read MoreRamb๘ll Denmark to be consulting engineers for a 7.1 kilometer bridge/tunnel connecting Estonia and the island of Saaremaa Ramb๘ll Denmark will be the consulting engineers for a new 7.1 kilometer …
Ramb๘ll to build 7.1 km bridge Read MoreErik Winter has stepped down as the daily Restaurant Manager of the popular Danish restaurant The Stable Lodge in Sukhumvit Soi 8 in Bangkok due to a problem with his …
Erik Winther steps down as Restaurant Manager at The Stable Lodge Read More26.01.05 17:21 The list of missing has been updated this afternoon. It appeared that all the Swedish names have been removed. (Updated)The list of missing: 1. Miss Prang Songmeaung nationality: …
Koh Samui drowning accident Read More“I cannot see there are any typical Danish names on the list of people not yet accounted for,” Danish Consul Ulrik Holt Sorensen told ScandAsia from Koh Samui where he …
Danish Consul assisting in boat accident Read MoreThe Board of Directors has unanimously confirmed Michael Nilsson as the new Executive Director for the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce with immediate effect. Michael is Danish, from the city of …
New Executive Director for Danish Chamber Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has just released their new website in Danish language on http://www.ambkualalumpur.um.dk as well as in English on http://www.ambkualalumpur.um.dk/en The new web site is …
New Danish embassy website in Malaysia Read MoreAfter 5 years at the helm of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce Tom Sorensen has decided not to stand for re-election when his second term comes to an end at …
Tom Sorensen to step down as Danish-Thai Chamber President Read More8.01.05 16.24 The Swedish police has announced that it predicts the amount of Swedish victims to rise. Presently 637 Swedes have been confirmed to be missing. However the missing list …
Day 14—reaching the unreachable Read More7.01.05 18:55 “Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafstrom rejects the criticism from Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds. In an interview with Dagens Nyheter, Jonas Hafstrom, Swedish Ambassador in Thailand explaines how the …
Day 13 — Search Continues, Rescuing Politicians Read More06.01.05 13.47 Five of the 16 Norwegians, which were initially confirmed dead, have turned out not to be Norwegians. Health Minister Ansgar Gabrielsen explained yesterday, that the initial list was …
Day 12 — good news among the bad news Read More04.01.05 20.35 In Khao Lak, some 100 km north of Phuket, where the disaster struck hard, clearing of rubble of hotels and private hotels go on. But life in Phuket …
Day 10 — the long haul Read More03.01.05 07.01 Based on the information below from the four Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the worst case death toll of Nordic citizens could be a total …
Day 9 — back home and in Thailand Read More02.01.05 23.24 The Danish police yesterday followed the Finnish example and made the list of missing publicly available in the hope that it might result in more information about the …
Day 8 — struggling to recover Read More02.01.05 02.50 Among the Nordic countries, so far only Finland has made the list of its missing citizens public. With a good result (see below). As for the other countries, …
Day 7 — search goes on for known and unknown Read MoreStart your search on the English language portal http://www.thaitsunami.com/person/search.php Another English language search site with sometimes similar, sometimes additional results is: http://www.missingpersons.or.th/index.en.html On the following site, you can only select …
How to search the Thai websites Read More31.12.04 19.40 Norwegian ambassador to Thailand, Ragne Birte Lund cried as she spoke at a commemorative sermon held in the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok this evening. The Ambassador read a …
Day 6 — fading hope Read More29.12.04 22.35 The Norwegian emergency centre established at Bangkok Phuket International Hospital was today, Wednesday reinforced with a team of doktors and nurses and local volunteers. Stein Vangen, priest with …
Day 4 — reinforcement and efforts move to Bangkok Read More30.12.04 23.23 The emergency office of the Danish embassy at Pearl Hotel in Puket asks all Danes who wish to return on one of the special airlift flights tomorrow to …
Day 5 — and counting Read More29.12.04 2.10 The names of dead and injured are listed on a few different websites now. The most comprehensive and frequently updated is still: You have to key in username= …
Day 3 — search continues and evacuation begins Read More27.12.04 2.30 Norwegian couple thought they had lost their 24 year old son to the wave off Patong beach on Phuket. But eventually they found him – with broken toes …
Earthquake and Tidal Waves Disaster — news as it breaks Read MoreNEWS – See also the report from Sunday 26 on: 27.12.04 22.06 Two Danish families have lost their three children in the Khao Lak area which has been almost inaccessible …
Day 2 — Getting an overview Read MoreIndonesia will this year ask for less than half of last year’s 2.8 billion dollars loan commitments from the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), its main western creditor group whose …
Indonesia to halve its loan request to donors Read More